Francisco Ocaña

    NEO Astronomer

     

    Main Research Fields

    My main scientific interests are meteors, fireballs and other small bodies in the Solar System, particularly Near Earth Objects (and Interstellar ones, when they come!).

    Related to my scientific interestes, I have have research interests in observation (astronomical instrumentation, robotic telescopes, site characterisation and light pollution) and its techniques (astrometry, mainly).


    Keywords

    NEOs and asteroids

    Meteors, fireballs and meteoroids

    Astronomical instrumentation

    Astrometry

    Small Solar System Objects

    Light Pollution

    Site characterisation

    Wide-field surveys

    Robotic telescopes

    Stratospheric balloons

    Synthetic photometry

     

     

    Publications

    ADS list of publications

     

    Project/mission at ESA

    Planetary Defense Office / NEOCC

    BepiColombo

    QA/PA (Gaia, Euclid, ISA...)